On Tue, 20 May 2008 22:23:25 -0700, you wrote: >Another poster brought up Elecraft and original Volkswagen beetle cars. > >I can remember when people grumbled a lot but patiently waited more than six >months for a Volkswagen beetle, back in the 1950's, and it didn't even have >a gas gage! > >They, too, were eagerly ramping up production as fast as they could but, >like Elecraft, refused to compromise quality in the process. > >The result was one of the most successful automobile companies in history. > >They're a good example to follow. > >Ron AC7AC > >-----Original Message----- > >On Tue, 20 May 2008 15:06:31 -0700, Jim/nn6ee wrote: > >> >>Look! This is Ham-Radio and it's all about "instant gratification" and >>you should know that as a > >Yeah, that's right... most of us took a crash course in CW, learning it >overnight. Then worked all band DXCC the next day. And we expect the solar >flux to be at 300 in another week here or so. So where's our K3's? We didn't >become ham radio operators becuase we like to wait around for stuff. No sir.
Reminds me of the very annoying Mitsubishi automobile advertisement of the late 80s where the guy doing the commercial is screaming, "GET WHAT YOU WANT, AND GET IT NOW!". > >73, >Drew >AF2Z > >_______________________________________________ >Elecraft mailing list >Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >You must be a subscriber to post to the list. >Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > >Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm >Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com Tom, N5GE - SWOT 3537 - Grid EM12jq "Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety deserve neither Liberty nor Safety" An excerpt from a letter written in 1755 from the Assembly to the Governor of Pennsylvania. Support the entire Constitution, not just the parts you like. http://www.n5ge.com http://www.eQSL.cc/Member.cfm?N5GE _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
